WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday presented for the
first time pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons supplied to the
Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen, describing it as conclusive
evidence that Tehran was violating UN resolutions.
The
arms included charred remnants of what the Pentagon said was an
Iranian-made short-range ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Nov 4 at
King Khaled International Airport, outside Riyadh, as well as a drone
and an anti-tank weapon recovered in Yemen by the Saudis.
Iran has denied supplying the Houthis with such weaponry and on Thursday described the arms displayed as “fabricated”.
The United States acknowledged it could not say when the weapons were transferred to the Houthis.
